Over-Ear Headphone Secured Hooded Sweatshirt

ABSTRACT

Hooded shirts and sweatshirts are worn for many reasons. One of the major reasons for wearing hooded sweatshirts, is for athletic, working out and exercising. Most athletes find the hooded sweatshirts, to be comforting while running, jogging, lifting weights, or other strenuous work outs and exercise. The concept behind working out in a sweatshirt hoodie, is to increase perspiring and sweating. Wearing the hood over the head while working out, allows for more heat to stay within the body, thus promoting an increased body temperature, which then results in an increased metabolism, and finally, resulting in a fat burning mode. Another use of the hoodie sweatshirt, is to shield and protect from weather conditions, such as the cold weather, to which the hood provides warmth, or when it&#39;s raining or snowing, the hood prevents the head from getting wet. 
     The current hoodie sweatshirts, have the hoods designed to fully cover your entire head on all side: front, left side, back, and right side. Both ears are covered as well. 
     Hooded sweatshirts have increasingly become more common, trendier, and more fashionable. Most recently a popular, yet common device has worked its way back into modern society, and it is proven to be just as trendier and fashionable as the hooded sweatshirt. The re-emergence of the over-the-ear headphones (OEH). The OEH, for the last few years, has become a fashion statement. Not only do they provide a more modern, superb acoustic sound, they are worn to make a fashion statement. That fashion statement includes showing which OEH is better artistically designed, or how expensive it is, the OEHs, are worn to represent style and class. These OEH have distinct, bilateral rounded ear pads covering the ears. Many athletes, and others, wear the OEH, while working out, running, jogging, or other strenuous activities. However, the current hooded sweatshirts, if wearing the OEH internally, under the hood, doesn&#39;t allow for the OEH external visibility, and does not allow the listener to make a fashion statement. In addition, wearing the OEH, internally under the hood, doesn&#39;t provide a large enough capacity for the OEH; also, it does not provide the securement of OEH, and does not keep the hood intact, with strenuous workouts and exercising. 
     If wearing the OEH externally, over the hood, the current garment of the hood, is a barrier, it prevents direct contact of the earpads of the headphones with direct contact of the ears, resulting in a muffled sound, which defeats the purpose of the quality sound OEHs. It also doesn&#39;t provide any external securement devices.

My new invention, the pHoody, is specifically, fashionably designed, asan athletic, hooded sweatshirt, that provides securement of theover-the-ear headphones. The hood of the pHoody sweatshirt, is designedwith two rounded openings, one on the left, and one on the right,respectively at the level area of both ears. Surrounding these openings,is flexible garment material, consistency of the hood material, andelastic, that allows for placement of the OEH's earpads of the left, andthe right; enabling various sizes of OEH earpads, up to a diameter of100 mm. In addition to the flexibility, the elasticity functions as anextra secured component, assisting with keeping the earpads in place.The openings provide just enough flexibility without restriction. Theseopenings, also has another major function, it allows direct contact ofthe OEH's earpad, both left and right, to direct contact with eachrespective ear. This allow for unmuffled, quality audio sounds of theOEH, from earpads to the ears. The pHoody, also includes an external,adjustable cloth fastener, at the top center of the hood. This extralayer of securement holds the headphones in place, while performingexercise, weightlifting, jogging, running, even more vigorous activitiesor more strenuous sports. Lastly, the pHoody, is trendy! It allows theexternal visibility of the stylish OEH, clearly making a fashionstatement.

To mention, the pHoody, also keeps the hood intact when it raining,protecting the head from the rain, it allows for the entire earpad to becovered, through the openings of each ear.

The pHoody compliments as an accessory to the new modern OEHs, a directproportionate relationship is obvious. The pHoody, will most likelyincrease the sales of the OEHs, and it's longevity.

The pHoody, will eventually branch off to not just fashionable athletes,but others, such as music executives, singers, weatherman forecasters,operators, and others. The pHoody is here to stay, and will become afashion commodity across the world.

1. Hooded sweatshirt with two rounded openings, one on the left, and oneon the right, respectively at the level area of both ears. Surroundingthese openings, is flexible garment material, consistency of the hoodmaterial, with elastic. The openings allow for secured placement of theOEH's earpads of the left, and the right. The openings permit directcontact of earpads to ears, to provide quality, acoustic sounds of OEHs.In addition, the openings allow for a fashion visibility of the OEHs. Anexternal, adjustable cloth fastener, at the top center of the hood. Thisextra layer of securement holds the headphones in place, whileperforming exercise, weightlifting, jogging, running, even more vigorousactivities or more strenuous sports.